Labelling Social Media: U.S. Top Doc Decries Profound Harm, Cites Canadian View of Risk for Kids
by Lee Rickwood
Less is more, where social media is concerned. Less time online is more beneficial and healthy for you.
Tag: social media
New Fire Tech Tools in the Fight as Wildfire Season Rages in Canada
by Lee Rickwood
New ‘fire tech’ tools and techniques are helping firefighters bring wildfires under control and put them out.
TikTok Takes on AI Misinformation with New Content Labels, Media Literacy Programs
by Lee Rickwood
TikTok is one of various social media platforms now taking steps to flag, tag or otherwise label content created with artificial intelligence.
Bees are Buzzing as AI Hits the Data and Dating Scene
by Lee Rickwood
Giving women added control over their online dating lives has long been seen by Bumble as a way to flip traditional gender roles and challenge some old-fashioned dating ideas that may inhibit some women from participating.
Teen Fact-Checkers Combat Misinformation with Canadian MediaSmarts (UPDATED)
by Lee Rickwood
How does your teenage son, daughter, niece, nephew, friend or student navigate among all the information, mis-information, dis-information out there? Ask another teen, of course!
Anything for Fame: Bloggers, Creators and Extremely Online Influencers in the Spotlight
by Lee Rickwood
Two new documentary films and a national bestselling book look at the rise of online influencers and the creator economy, while also presenting poignant, sometimes painful, profiles of its founders, failures, and trailblazers.
The State of Social Media
By Christine Persaud
The introduction of Threads opens an interesting conversation around social media. What are the top sites, who uses them and how, which should you join, if any (and what are you missing out on if you don’t?)
Ulaa Browser from Zoho Offers Added Privacy Protection, Multi-User Functionality
by Lee Rickwood
Recognizing that data privacy is a key consideration for more and more people who are rightly concerned about the improper use of their data, a new privacy-centric Web browser is available.